Drive Listbox requires an extra ENTER

wanderer · Post by *wanderer » 2011-12-12, 10:23 UTC

Win7x64, using RC7.56 or TC8b12 - 32bit.

Sometimes when selecting a drive from the drive listbox using the keyboard, it requires an extra ENTER to be pressed in order for the drive to be actually selected. I don't know if it is a TC bug (for some reason it doesn't seem so to me) because it happens in TC 7.56 too.

Has anyone else seen this behavior?

GoFi · Post by *GoFi » 2011-12-12, 11:59 UTC

Has anyone else seen this behavior?

Yep, vary rare. I was asking years ago in this german thread but there was no solution. A restart of Total Commander only resolves this problem til next time.

wanderer · Post by *wanderer » 2011-12-12, 12:01 UTC

Thanks for the info. Strange, indeed. Is there any reference to the OS in the German thread?

GoFi · Post by *GoFi » 2011-12-12, 12:07 UTC

Is there any reference to the OS in the German thread?

No. In 2006 i suppose i was using Windowx XP SP2. Nevertheless I saw this problem with Vista and Seven (all 32 bit) too. Maybe this is an interrelation with other programs.

wanderer · Post by *wanderer » 2011-12-12, 12:11 UTC

GoFi wrote:
Maybe this is an interrelation with other programs.
Yes, maybe so, go figure. I guess it's an annoyance we'll have to live with.

Thanks for the info.

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2011-12-14, 15:07 UTC

Some users had this problem - it was caused by some third party software which installed a global hook for secure password input, but didn't handle it correctly. Therefore TC didn't receive the correct windows keyboard messages (some where missing).

Do you use any kind of password manager? If not, you should check your system for keyloggers and worms...

wanderer · Post by *wanderer » 2011-12-14, 23:17 UTC

I use Oubliette but i've always used it. It has never caused such an issue under XP, however now i'm using Win7x64, so i guess it's not the same. If i face this issue again, i'll start closing programs to see it it is cured...